Places to eat in London

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View Larger Map This bar and cafe is on the top floor of Waterstones bookshop. The lovely 1930s building, once a posh clothes shop, is the largest bookshop in Europe. The bar and restaurant looks out over the Houses of Parliament. Wonderful place to meet people, and if the food is too pricey, you can just have a cup of coffee. 203-205 Piccadilly; 011-44-20-7851-2433, http://www.5thview.co.uk. Main dishes from $14.

View Larger Map This bar and cafe is on the top floor of Waterstones bookshop. The lovely 1930s building, once a posh clothes shop, is the largest bookshop in Europe. The bar and restaurant looks out over the Houses of Parliament. Wonderful place to meet people, and if the food is too pricey, you can just have a cup of coffee. 203-205 Piccadilly; 011-44-20-7851-2433, http://www.5thview.co.uk. Main dishes from $14. (Google Maps)

View Larger Map In the brick vaults underneath the Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields. Great value for lunch and early dinner. Save room after the fish and chips or the Sunday roast lunch for its famous apple crumble or bread-and-butter pudding with oceans of custard. Also fabulous tea and cakes. Or book a Wednesday night for jazz with your dinner. Trafalgar Square; 011-44-20-7766-1158, http://www.smitf.org. Main dishes from $11.

View Larger Map In the brick vaults underneath the Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields. Great value for lunch and early dinner. Save room after the fish and chips or the Sunday roast lunch for its famous apple crumble or bread-and-butter pudding with oceans of custard. Also fabulous tea and cakes. Or book a Wednesday night for jazz with your dinner. Trafalgar Square; 011-44-20-7766-1158, http://www.smitf.org. Main dishes from $11. (Google Maps)